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Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!